Verse 40
Genesis 27:40
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
40
Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword and shalt serve thy brother: and the time shall come, when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַל חַרְבְּ/ךָ֣ תִֽחְיֶ֔ה וְ/אֶת אָחִ֖י/ךָ תַּעֲבֹ֑ד וְ/הָיָה֙ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר תָּרִ֔יד וּ/פָרַקְתָּ֥ עֻלּ֖/וֹ מֵ/עַ֥ל צַוָּארֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And on your sword you shall live, and your brother you shall serve; and it shall be that as you grow weary, you shall remove his yoke from off your neck.
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Chapter 27 Context
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Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, a...
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And his father said to him: Thou seest that I am old, and know not the day of my death.
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Take thy arms, thy quiver, and bow, and go abroad: and when thou hast taken some thing by hunting,
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Make me savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it, that I may eat: and my soul may...
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And when Rebecca had heard this, and he was gone into the field to fulfill his father's commandment,
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She said to her son Jacob: I heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, and saying to him:
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Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord,...
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Now, therefore, my son, follow my counsel:
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And go thy way to the flock, bring me two kids of the best, that I may make of them meat for thy fat...
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Which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may bless thee before he die.
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And he answered her: Thou knowest that Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am smooth.
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If my father shall feel me, and perceive it, I fear lest he will think I would have mocked him, and...
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And his mother said to him: Upon me be this curse, my son: only hear thou my voice, and go, fetch me...
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He went, and brought, and gave them to his mother. She dressed meats, such as she knew his father li...
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And she put on him very good garments of Esau, which she had at home with her:
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And the little skins of the kids she put about his hands, and covered the bare of his neck.
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And she gave him the savoury meat, and delivered him bread that she had baked.
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Which when he had carried in, he said: My father? But he answered: I hear. Who art thou, my son?
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And Jacob said: I am Esau thy firstborn: I have done as thou didst command me: arise, sit, and eat o...
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And Isaac said to his son: How couldst thou find it so quickly, my son?
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And Isaac said: Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove whether thou be my son Esau...
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He came near to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: The voice indeed is the voice of J...
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He said: Art thou my son Esau? He answered: I am.
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Then he said: Bring me the meats of thy hunting, my son, that my soul may bless thee. And when they...
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He said to him: Come near me, and give me a kiss, my son.
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He came near, and kissed him. And immediately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his garments, bles...
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God (Elohim) give thee the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and win...
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And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let they moth...
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Isaac had scarce ended his words, when Jacob being now gone out abroad, Esau came,
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And brought in to his father meats made of what he had taken in hunting, saying: Arise, my father, a...
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And Isaac said to him: Why! who art thou? He answered: I am thy firstborn son Esau.
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Isaac was struck with fear, and astonished exceedingly: and wondering beyond what can be believed, s...
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Esau having heard his father's words, roared out with a great cry: and being in a great consternatio...
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And he said: Thy brother came deceitfully and got thy blessing.
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But he said again: Rightly is his name called Jacob; for he hath supplanted me lo this second time:...
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Isaac answered: I have appointed him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants: I have e...
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And Esac said to him: Hast thou only one blessing, father? I beseech thee bless me also. And when he...
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Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above,
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Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword and shalt serve thy brother: and the time shall...
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Esau therefore always hated Jacob for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him: and he said...
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These things were told to Rebecca: and she sent and called Jacob her son, and said to him: Behold Es...
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Now therefore, my son, hear my voice: arise and flee to Laban my brother to Haran:
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And thou shalt dwell with him a few days, till wrath of thy brother be assuaged,
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And his indignation cease, and he forget the things thou hast done to him: afterwards I will send, a...
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And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a w...
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